Abstract: A discrete LED display control includes a method of scaling the brightness of frames of an image according to corresponding electrical current requirements. The method includes opening an electronic file containing a frame of an image to be shown on the display and measuring a commanded brightness for each pixel of the frame of the image. Brightness values of the commanded brightnesses are summed and converted to corresponding current values. The corresponding current values are adjusted to arrive at a total estimated current for the frame of the image. If the total estimated current exceeds a current limit of the display, the brightness value of each pixel is scaled to a final brightness value. The final brightness value corresponds to an adjusted current that is within the current limit. The adjusted current that corresponds to the final brightness value is sent to the display.

Abstract: In a head-up display device, first and second cover parts of a cover each cover an opening. The first cover part is turnable about a first rotation fulcrum fixed to a housing, with respect to the housing. The second cover part is turnable about a second rotation fulcrum fixed to first and second ends of the first cover part, with respect to the first cover part. The head-up display device includes a biasing member that biases the second cover part toward the outside of the housing when the cover covers the opening.

Abstract: A display device includes: a housing; a roller rotatably disposed on the housing; a flexible display that is rolled around the roller or unrolled from the roller; a first arm connected to the flexible display; an arm supporter provided in the housing; an arm shaft rotatably supported to the arm supporter; a second arm coupled to the arm shaft and rotated together with the arm shaft to rotate the first arm; a rotation mechanism connected to the second arm to rotate the second arm about the arm shaft; and an angle sensor module connected to at least one of the arm shaft and the second arm.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and media for projecting light to indicate a device status are provided. In accordance with some implementations of the disclosed subject matter, systems for projecting light to indicate a device status are provided, the systems comprising: a hardware processor that: determines a light status; determines whether to turn a light source on; selects a light format corresponding to the light status; projects light of a light source according to the light format; and determines whether to turn the light source off.

Abstract: A vehicle door mirror includes a base member mounted on a side door while having plural mounting holes and plural insertion holes coaxially communicating with the mounting holes, and a mirror housing pivotably supported on a support shaft which has a plurality of bosses, each boss having a tubular portion and ribs extending along an axial direction of the tubular portion. Screw members are inserted through respective ones of the insertion holes and screwed into the tubular portions of the bosses respectively inserted into the mounting holes so that the ribs of each boss abut against an inner peripheral face of the corresponding mounting hole. The ribs are projectingly provided on the outer peripheral face, at least on a base part side, of the corresponding tubular portion. Such arrangement suppresses vibration of the mirror even when the support shaft is made of a synthetic resin.

Abstract: A rearview mirror for a vehicle includes a substrate having a reflective surface thereon and an actuation mechanism coupled with the substrate. The actuation mechanism includes a mounting plate rotatably coupled with the substrate at a first end thereof and having a first pin extending outwardly from a side of the mounting plate in a direction parallel with the first end and spaced apart therefrom. The actuation mechanism also includes a toggle unit positionally fixed with respect to the substrate and rotatable about an axis between first and second positions, the toggle unit including a first cam body defining a first track having a first end at a first distance from the axis and a second end at a second distance from the axis that is greater than the first distance, the first pin of the mounting plate being slidably engaged with the first track.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for setting a menu environment in a mobile terminal are provided. The apparatus includes a controller for switching to an environment setting mode of a menu according to a type of a gesture having occurred on the menu.

Abstract: An example electronic display device comprises a flexible display panel, a support panel supporting the flexible display panel, a guide about which the support panel turns and an actuator to apply a local stimulus to selected portions of the support panel that are in proximity with the guide to facilitate changing the selected portions of the support panel from a rigid planar shape to a bent shape about the guide as the support panel and the display panel are moved about the guide and such that the support panel returns to the rigid planar shape once moved away from the guide.

Abstract: A flexible display device and a mobile terminal including the same are provided, whose portability is improved, and which enable diverse choices of the screen sizes. The flexible display device includes a receptacle mechanism and a flexible display screen, wherein the receptacle mechanism includes a first end cap and a second end cap opposed to each other, a spool pivotally mounted on the first end cap and the second end cap, a ratchet fixedly connected to the spool, a pawl hinged to the first end cap, a pretension spring abutting the first end cap and the pawl respectively, and a reset spring fixedly connected to the spool and the second end cap respectively. The flexible display screen includes a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge opposed to each other, and the first lateral edge is fixedly connected to the spool.

Abstract: A flexible TV is disclosed. The flexible TV includes a housing, a user interface configured to receive at least one command, a flexible display positioned in the housing, and a controller configured to control a door and a motor. In particular, the controller determines a range of the flexible display exposed to an outside of the housing by controlling at least one of the door or the motor according to a type of the command.

Abstract: The rollable display device of the present invention includes a base, a cover, a rolling module, a display screen, an actuating unit and a supporting unit. When an external force is applied on the cover to switch the display screen from a retracting state into an expanding state, the display screen rolled on the rolling module would expand out of the base.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided for distributing indirect lighting and airflow to an individual passenger in a motor vehicle. That apparatus includes a vent body having an air inlet and an air outlet. An air valve is carried on the vent body. The air valve is displaceable between an open position and a closed position. A flexible air guide carried on the vent body is adapted to direct air from the air outlet toward the individual passenger.

Abstract: Apparatuses and associated methods of manufacturing are described that provide an optical connector cage configured to receive an optical cable connector. The optical connector cage includes a body defined by a top portion, a bottom portion, two side portions, a first end, and a second end. The body defines a receiving space that can at least partially receive an optical cable connector therein and one or more openings. The optical connector cage defines one or more heat dissipation units disposed within the one or more openings, and each heat dissipation unit further includes a first set of heat dissipation elements having a first height, and a second set of heat dissipation elements having a second height. The second height is different than the first height such that the one or more heat dissipation elements allow heat to be transferred from the body to an external environment.

Abstract: A flexible display apparatus includes a flexible display, a housing to store at least a portion of the flexible display, and a first guide in the housing to guide movement of the flexible display, and to sense a squeezing motion on the housing.

Abstract: A system and method of measuring the continuous latency of a touch controller is presented. According to an exemplary embodiment, the method includes generating a detection signal in response to detecting touch reports from the touch controller indicating a change in input direction; capturing a sequence of image frames, each image frame depicting a contact point on the touch screen display and indicating a state of a detection signal; and determining a difference between a time t0 when an actual change in input direction occurred and a time t1 when the detection signal is generated, based on the image frames.

Abstract: A method for operating an air-conditioning apparatus of a vehicle wherein the air-conditioning apparatus has at least three display modes including a status mode, a transition mode, and a setting mode. A current value of a setting parameter of the air-conditioning apparatus and whether an operating intention of a user exists are detected. If no operating intention is detected, the status mode is activated. If an operating intention is detected, the transition mode or the setting mode is activated. Depending on the activated display mode, graphical data of a graphical representation of an interior of the vehicle is generated and displayed so the status mode is activated. The representation of the interior includes a display element for outputting the currently set value of the setting parameter.

Abstract: The invention relates to a lighting device, comprising a first lighting means and a transmission module for wireless transmission and for providing a position identification signal comprising position determination data. The lighting device also comprises an electronic operating device for operating the first lighting means, wherein the electronic operating device is coupled on the input side to an electrical supply connection of the lighting device and on the output side to the first lighting means by a first connection device. The electronic operating device comprises an energy converter for supplying the transmission module with electrical energy. The invention further relates to a system for providing a position indication having a plurality of such lighting devices. In addition, the invention relates to a method for operating a lighting device having a first lighting means by providing a position identification signal comprising position determination data by means of a transmission module.

Abstract: A rotating or tilting MEMS structure, such as a tilt mirror for an optical device, includes a damping mechanism, provided by locating an inlay block structure underneath the MEMS rotating surface. Damping is created by the temporary squeezing or compression of the air, atmosphere, or gas(es) surrounding the MEMS structure, between the underside of the MEMS tilting surface and the top surface of the block. Movement of the MEMS surface away from the top surface of the block will also be damped by the temporary reduction in pressure. The block structure is fabricated separately from the MEMS tilt-mirror structure and located under the MEMS tilt-mirror structure, either before or during the die-attach or die-bonding process. The damping effect serves to minimize and limit the amplitude and duration of oscillatory motion of the MEMS tilt-mirror, following intentional movement of the mirror, or, in response to external shock and vibrational forces.

Abstract: A display device includes: a housing; a roller rotatably disposed on the housing; a flexible display that is rolled around the roller or unrolled from the roller; a first arm connected to the flexible display; an arm supporter provided in the housing; an arm shaft rotatably supported to the arm supporter; a second arm coupled to the arm shaft and rotated together with the arm shaft to rotate the first arm; a rotation mechanism connected to the second arm to rotate the second arm about the arm shaft; and an angle sensor module connected to at least one of the arm shaft and the second arm.

Abstract: A cradle according to an embodiment may include a housing to be coupled to display modules having various sizes and a light source driver inside the housing. The light source driver may generate a first driving voltage and a second driving voltage to be provided to a light source of the display module coupled to the housing. When the display module has a first size, the light source driver may supply only the first driving voltage to the display module. When the display module has a second size, larger than the first size, the light source driver outputs both the first and second driving voltages to the display module.

Abstract: A system for limiting vehicle operation is disclosed. The system may comprise one or more memory units for storing instructions and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to perform operations. The operations may comprise determining that a key device is inside the vehicle; performing an authentication; setting the vehicle in a first vehicle mode; starting the vehicle based on the determination and the first authentication; and limiting vehicle operation based on the first vehicle mode.

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for aligning a first optical scope with a second optical scope to achieve a line-of-sight communication link between the two optical scopes. In an example embodiment, each scope can include an optical transceiver and camera. The optical transceiver in the first optical scope can include a light array that is used to emit a bright pulse of light as a flash. The camera in the second optical scope captures this flash in a camera image. The camera image can then be processed to spatially localize the flash relative to a central region of a photodetector array in the optical transceiver of the second optical scope. A control system can then drive a positioning system for the second optical scope to adjust the second optical scope's positioning so that the second optical scope photodetector array's central region aligns with the spatially localized flash.

Abstract: A system includes an input/output module (IOM) configured to interface with a field device. The IOM includes a terminal block including a plurality of inputs or outputs, each of the inputs or outputs configured to send and receive signals to and from the field device. The IOM also includes a plurality of temperature sensors, each of the plurality of temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature in a vicinity of the temperature sensor. The IOM also includes a connector configured to transmit the temperature of each of the plurality of temperature sensors to a processing device.

Abstract: The invention relates to a sensor for detecting objects in a monitoring area. The sensor has a display unit that is comprised of a series of lamps with a linear arrangement of lamps. The series of lamps is arranged around an axis of rotation running parallel to its longitudinal axis and rotates at a specific rotary speed. The series of lamps is controlled via a control unit in such a way that the columns of a matrix-type display field to be presented at a clock rate of the display field are individually output one after the other to the series of lamps and displayed with it. The clock rate is adapted to the rotary speed in such a way that these displays complement one another to form a standing image of the display field. The sensor is a safety sensor.

Abstract: A display system is provided with a display device; the display device including: a light source configured to emit light; and a light guide element configured to guide incident light from the light source; the light guide element including: an emission surface configured to output incident light; and a plurality of light focusing portions configured to change the path of the incident light toward the emission surface, causing the light output to converge toward a convergence point or convergence line outside the light guide element or to radiate from a convergence point or convergence line outside the light guide element and thereby form an image outside the light guide element. The display device presents information as an image, e.g., as a stereoscopic image.

Abstract: An expandable display device includes: a housing including a fixing portion; a pair of sliding portions provided at respective sides of the fixing portion, each of the sliding portions being configured to be drawn out from the housing along a first direction such that a distance from the respective sliding portion to the fixing portion is changed; and a panel unit including: a fixing display unit on the fixing portion; and a pair of expanding display units on the pair of sliding portions and having a variable exposing area; a flexible display panel including a plurality of pixels and having a screen at a first side thereof; and a support panel attached to a second side of the flexible display panel facing the first side, the support panel including a plurality of slits extending in a second direction crossing the first direction.

Abstract: An dynamic electronic communication device. The tag according to embodiments of the invention is designed or set to discount, promote, incentivize, or apply information at certain states or within a certain timeframe at initial deployment, the tags themselves being capable of handling the logic. The tag generally includes a circuit, such as a silicon chip, that controls a flexible printed display, which displays the information when applied. The tag is optionally encapsulated in a plastic or glass case. The tag is made of a suitably small size such that the tag can easily be placed on individual items, and can be secured to other objects via an adhesive backing, sewn in, pinned on, and the like.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and media for projecting light to indicate a device status are provided. In accordance with some implementations of the disclosed subject matter, systems for projecting light to indicate a device status are provided, the systems comprising: a hardware processor that: determines a light status; determines whether to turn a light source on; selects a light format corresponding to the light status; projects light of a light source according to the light format; and determines whether to turn the light source off.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to notification devices. The teachings thereof may be embodied in methods and devices for providing an alarm signal, e.g., a notification device having multiple different alarm strengths comprising: a housing with a viewing opening; an alarm component which emits an alarm signal; a drive circuit comprising a drive end and a setting end, the drive end connected to the alarm component; and a replaceable jump wire assembly comprising a mark and a conductive element with a one-to-one correspondence between the mark and an electrical characteristic of the conductive element. The drive circuit may determine an alarm signal strength in response to an input of the setting end. Each replaceable jump wire assembly may be connected to the setting end of the drive circuit and, when connected, display the mark for viewing through the viewing opening.

Abstract: A vehicle ramp control system may include a system controller configured to interface with a power ramp system for a vehicle and with an OEM vehicle control system. A service tool configured to interface with the system controller is programmed to exchange with the system controller data relating to at least one operational aspect of the power ramp system. A diagnostic tool configured to interface with the system controller is programmed to exchange with the system controller data relating to at least one diagnostic aspect of the power ramp system. A preventative maintenance indicator operatively associated with the system controller is activated by the system controller when a preventative maintenance operation is required.

Abstract: A persistence of vision device is provided and includes an element shaft, wherein the element shaft includes shaft front surface and a shaft length, and wherein the element shaft is flexible in a sagittal plane. The device further includes at least one light source, wherein the at least one light source is associated with the shaft front surface and extends along a portion of the shaft front surface length and a processing device, wherein the processing device is communicated with the at least one light source to control the operation of the at least one light source. Furthermore, the device includes a displacement device having a displacement device shaft movable in the coronal plane, wherein the element shaft is connected to the displacement device shaft such that the element shaft is movable in the coronal plane.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus that includes at least a first element and a sensor and an information prompt method for the electronic apparatus are described. The method includes judging whether a predetermined posture of the electronic apparatus changes or not by a sensor to obtain a first judgment result; generating a first prompt information for prompting a first position where the first element is disposed, when the first judgment result indicates that the predetermined posture of the electronic apparatus has changed; outputting the first prompt information, to enable a user to determine the first position according to the first prompt information, and to operate the first element.

Abstract: An image capturing device includes: a display section attached to a head or a face of a user, and configured to display an image; a communication section configured to communicate with an external device; an image capturing section; a positional information acquisition section configured to acquire current positional information of the user; and a control section configured to capture an image of a dangerous place by the image capturing section in accordance with determination of a dangerous state, and transmit a captured image from the communication section to the external device together with the positional information acquired by the positional information acquisition section.

Abstract: A flexible display device is disclosed which includes a body having a body bearing face; a flexible display screen having a fixed section and at least one bent section, where the fixed section overlies the body bearing face, and is connected with the body, and the bent section can be bent in a first axis direction, and folded to the backside of the body bearing face; and a housing enclosing the body and the flexible display screen, which can be opened in a second axis direction relative to the body to expose the flexible display screen entirely, where the first axis and the second axis are two intersecting axes parallel to the body bearing face.

Abstract: A combined inverter is arranged, which includes at least two separate box bodies connected detachably, all components of the combined inverter are placed into the box bodies separately, and at least one electrical connection terminal is arranged outside each of the box bodies, and the electrical connection terminal of one of the box bodies is capable of being connected to the electrical connection terminal of another of the box bodies. Therefore, a structure connection and an electrical connection of the combined inverter is achieved, weight of the whole combined inverter is dismantled effectively on the premise of ensuring normal operation of the combined inverter, construction difficult of installation and transportation is reduced, and the combined inverter has high applicability even when having high power.

Abstract: In embodiments of a flexible display extendable assembly, an extendable assembly includes a slideable display guide integrated in a first housing part of an extendable electronic device. The extendable electronic device includes a flexible display that slide-engages into the first housing part of the extendable electronic device. The extendable assembly includes an extendable mechanism that is coupled in a second housing part of the extendable electronic device and to the slideable display guide. The first and second housing parts of the extendable electronic device slide-engage relative to each other. The extendable mechanism is implemented to extend as the first and second housing parts slide apart relative to each other, and also to retract as the first and second housing parts slide together relative to each other.

Abstract: A display may have a backlight unit with a row of light-emitting diodes that emit light into the edge of a light guide layer. The light guide layer may have opposing upper and lower surfaces. The upper surface of the light guide layer may have ridges and the lower surface of the light guide layer may have bumps. The edge of the light guide layer may have light mixing structures. The light mixing structures may include an alternating pattern of protrusions with different shapes. For example, triangular protrusions of a first size may be patterned with triangular protrusions of a second size. The light mixing structures may reduce the mixing distance of the backlight unit.

Abstract: A mobile solar array is provided which can be reconfigured between an operational (i.e. flat) configuration, and a retracted (i.e. folded) configuration. This is a two-step process. First, the structure that supports the solar array in its operation configuration on a docking pad is collapsed. This lowers the solar array toward the docking pad. Next, the solar array, which includes three sections of photovoltaic modules is folded lengthwise. Specifically, side sections of the solar array are folded out-of-plane from the center section. This places the solar array in its retracted configuration.

Abstract: Method, device, and computer readable medium for generating haptically enabled messages. One disclosed method comprises the steps of receiving a user generated input, mapping the user generated input to a predetermined haptic feedback, assigning a haptic feedback command to the predetermined haptic feedback, inserting the haptic feedback command into a text message, and sending the text message.

Abstract: Multiple visual indications are provided in connection with multiple work orders. Each work order involves a respective connection using the device. The multiple visual indications are provided simultaneously for at least a part of the time the visual indications are provided. In one implementation, the visual indications differ from one another. What each visual indication looks like is displayed on a respective portable device configured to display information about the work order associated with that visual indication.

Abstract: An electrochromic panel for a control device is disclosed. The electrochromic panel includes a first conduction layer for receiving a positive drive voltage, a second conduction layer for receiving a negative drive voltage, an electrolyte layer disposed on the second conduction layer, and a coloration layer having a pattern and disposed between the electrolyte layer and the first conduction layer, wherein an electron current generated by the negative drive voltage flows from the second conduction layer, the electrolyte layer, the coloration layer to the first conduction layer, such that the coloration layer performs a reduction-oxidation reaction and the pattern of the coloration layer changes from transparent to a non-transparent color.

Abstract: A flexible display apparatus includes a frame module having a sliding path to guide the winding or unwinding of a flexible display module, and a sliding shaft configured to slide along a spiral sliding path via vertical movement of the flexible display module. The flexible display apparatus makes it easy to wind or unwind a large flexible display panel.

Abstract: A flexible display apparatus having a rollable display panel includes a case having an opening portion formed therein, a first roller rotatably provided inside the case, a display portion provided on the first roller to be wound around the first roller or released from the first roller, and a rotatable guide portion provided inside the case to guide the display portion by radially bending the display portion at least one time during a movement of the display portion.

Abstract: Disclosed are a curved cover for curved display and a curved type display apparatus including the same in which the curved type display apparatus includes a curved part that includes a front part covering one edge of a display panel having a curved shape, and the front part includes a curved part having a curved shape and a bending part provided at each of both edges of the curved part.

Abstract: Provided is a vehicle display device which exhibits high visibility, and which has an attractive external appearance. A vehicle display device according to the present invention is provided with: pointer-type instruments (a speedometer and an engine tachometer; a display disposed next to the pointer-type instruments; and a planar protective plate which has, formed on the front surface thereof, a first reflected-light suppression layer. The protective plate is disposed so as to cover the front surfaces of the display and the pointer-type instruments. Furthermore, in the protective plate, light-blocking layers for concealing spaces between the display and the pointer-type instruments are formed. Moreover, a light-transmitting bonding layer, which covers and bonds a display surface of the display, and second reflected-light suppression layers, which cover the front surfaces of the pointer-type instruments, are formed on the rear surface of the protective plate so as to not overlie each other.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for providing a non-volatile fault indication in a multi-device storage enclosure. In some embodiments, a storage enclosure includes a plurality of storage devices housed within a storage enclosure housing. A non-volatile display element is arranged to provide a persistent display of fault information relating to a component of the storage enclosure after power is removed from the display element.

Abstract: There is provided a transmission device including an optical signal generation section configured to generate an optical signal formed by arranging one or more of each of a plurality of kinds of same-color light beams each having different phase, and a transmission section configured to transmit the optical signal generated by the optical signal generation section.

Abstract: A meter includes at least one meter unit, a visor provided around the meter unit; and a light-emitting part. The light-emitting part includes a light-guiding ring, a light source and a prism provided between the light guiding ring and the light source. The light-emitting part is annularly provided so as to cover an outer periphery of a dial panel of the meter unit. The light guiding ring is composed of a light guiding body and a light shielding body. The light shielding body is integrally formed with the light guiding body so as to cover the light guiding body. The light guiding ring is fixed to a mounting part provided in a proximity of an end part of the visor.

Abstract: There is provided an electro-optical device comprising a substrate, a first torsion hinge disposed above the substrate in a thickness direction, the first torsion hinge having a first hinge support portion configured to support the first torsion hinge in the thickness direction, a second torsion hinge disposed above the first torsion hinge in the thickness direction, the second torsion hinge having a second hinge support portion configured to support the second torsion hinge in the thickness direction, and a mirror disposed above the second torsion hinge in the thickness direction, the mirror having a mirror support portion configured to support the mirror in the thickness direction. The second hinge support portion does not overlap the first hinge support portion in a planar view of the substrate, and the mirror support portion does not overlap the second hinge support portion in the planar view of the substrate.

Abstract: A capsule is provided that aligns with at least one light source. The capsule includes a rim having its opaqueness interrupted to as to form at least four transparent portions. The capsule is capable of being oriented according to at least two positions: a first position in which two of the at least four portions, simultaneously let through light coming from the at least one light source; and a second position in which the rim blocks light coming from the at least one light source.